Opposition urge third poll in Kenya election race

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has harshly criticised an election re-run in which president Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner, saying the result should be scrapped in favour of yet another vote.

Mr Odinga’s first public comments since election results were announced on Monday suggested Kenya’s political and ethnic tensions were unlikely to dissipate. The opposition leader, who boycotted the 26 October vote, hinted his supporters could appeal to the nation’s highest court to nullify a presidential election for the second time since August.

The court invalidated the 8 August election in which Mr Kenyatta was declared the winner after finding “irregularities and illegalities”. Mr Odinga’s petition alleging vote-rigging led to the court’s ruling.